Re: AIX and ipv6

On 09/11/2012 09:09 AM, John R Pierce wrote:
> we're still having issues with PG on AIX 6.1, our configurations have no
> ipv6 as our WAN is purely ipv4, but if we use listen_addresses='*', we
> consistently get an error...
>
> LOG: could not bind IPv6 socket: Address already in use
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> the workaround we've been using is to set listen_addresses to
> '127.0.0.1, x.y.z.w' where thats this server's IP. messy, and annoying.
>
> is their any chance this will ever be addressed?
Did not say what version you where on. But in 9.1:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/interactive/runtime-config-connection.html
"The special entry * corresponds to all available IP interfaces. The entry 0.0.0.0
allows listening for all IPv4 addresses and :: allows listening for all IPv6 addresses."

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Adrian Klaver
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